Moray eels documeted eating lionfish for the first time

Sharks, groupers, frogfish, and scropionfish are some of large predators known to hunt these spiny venomous fish. Now for the first time, researchers have live documentation of moray eels preying on lionfish. The video is amazing.

Approximately two decades ago, this lionfish species was introduced into the Atlantic. Since then, their population has ballooned into the millions because neither the prey or predators in the Atlantic know what to make of this alien fish.

Might moray eels in the Caribbean learn to hunt lionfish as well? In fact, divers in the Caribbean have been trying to give nature a head start by feeding culled lionfish to moray eels in hopes of training the local eels to recognize lionfish as prey.